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Of course you've heard of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which started in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and a 2005 feature film, but that is only a small part of the comedic output of Douglas Adams.
49 Douglas Adams quizzes and 686 Douglas Adams trivia questions.
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  Did Douglas Adams Say That?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Pretty simple...I'll give a quote and you say yes or no, depending on whether Douglas Adams was the author or not.
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  The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Those who know only the books may want to hear (or read) the original radio series first.
Tough, 10 Qns, Victoroftheapes, Jul 15 17
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trivia question Quick Question
What does Ford Prefect think is especially peculiar about humans?

From Quiz "Hitchhiker's Trilogy: Books 1, 2, and 3 II"




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Douglas Adams Trivia Questions
1. What is unique about the Haggunenons of Vicissitus 3?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: They have such unstable DNA that they can evolve at a moments notice

Arthur, Zaphod and Trillian all sit on one whilst on the black ship.

2. What is the name of the planet of the Bird people?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: Brontitall

If you only read the books, you probably wrote Frogstar. This is wrong.

3. Last name of the actor who played Marvin the Paranoid Android?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: Moore

He actually recorded most of his lines at a different time to the other actors.

4. A giant statue of who was erected on Brontitall?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: Arthur

'It's quite a good likeness except the nose is a bit bent'.

5. What does the Bird Person Arthur lands on, do initially?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: Recommend that Arthur let go of him and fall the rest of the way

'It's not a question of whose habitat it is, it's a question of how hard you hit it'.

6. The giant boulder that Ford and Arthur can't move, turns out to be what?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: The Heart of Gold

BOOK: 'What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer'.

7. Who were the cops on Magrathea (Name only one)?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: Shooty & Bang Bang & bang bang & bang-bang & bangbang

'Another section inspired by American TV - this time Starsky and Hutch'. In this show the heroes claimed that they did care about people getting shot, so they crashed their cars into them instead'.

8. The letters on Eadrax which once said 'Share and Enjoy' fell through the ground and now say what in the local language?

From Quiz The Original Hitchhikers Radio Series

Answer: Go stick your head in a pig

The letters are now only illuminated at times of special celebration.

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